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Cerberus is depicted many times in ancient sources and is described as a monstrous dog that protected the Underworld, most known through the myth of Heracles. Rowling describes Cerberus (Fluffy) as a monstrous dog, a dog that filled the whole space between ceiling and the floor. It had three heads; three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs.
The sources we have for this usually disagree on how many heads he had, as Hesiod described him as “the savage, the bronze-barking dog of Hades, fifty-headed, and powerful, and without pity." Pausanias states that:
But Hecataeus of Miletus gave a plausible explanation, stating that a terrible serpent lived
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Herodotus mentions phoenixes in his Histories from the 5th Century BCE. He states very clearly that he had not seen the Phoenix, only in painting, and that he is simply retelling stories of others. He states that the Phoenix’s “plumage is partly golden and partly red. He is most like an eagle in shape and size.” Rowling’s Phoenix is exactly the same as it is described as “a magnificent, swan-sized, scarlet bird with a long golden tail, beak and talons.” Both of these versions also originated from Egypt and live for a very long time.
Herodotus states that once a phoenix dies, its offspring carry its body a long way and then bury its ashes. This is different from Rowling’s story that a phoenix would be reborn out its own ashes. However, Ovid also writes about a phoenix, which is more similar to Rowling’s:
There is one bird which reproduces and renews itself…When this bird completes a fill five centuries of life… he builds a nest high among the palm branches…and dies… and they say that from the body of the dying bird is reproduced a little Phoenix which is destined to live just as many
Her journey takes place in the cold, rough, middle of winter, "It was December - a bright frozen day in the early morning" (p. 98). Phoenix pays the weather no mind and continues to press on to save her sick grandson’s life. She had to endure walking in the harshly cold temperatures. The story shows us that regardless of the circumstance the weather shows no mercy. Since her trip is far out in the woods, Phoenix leaves early the morning of her journey in order to get started as soon as possible. Phoenix emerges from the woods to a very steep hill to say, " Seems like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far" (p. 99). Even though Phoenix is very determined in her journey the hill gives her an extreme challenge. "Something always take a hold of me on this hill--pleads I should stay" (p. 99). We then see how Phoenix endures the pain and challenge of the hill for her grandson. Just another of the many ways that Phoenix shows love for her
The Phoenix can be symbolized as a symbol for a job as a firefighter, as a higher role as a firefighter, and fire. On page 6 it also states “When she seemed hypnotized by the salamander on his arm and the phoenix disc on his chest.” this can mean that The Phoenix can be a symbol for a job as a firefighter because all of the firefighters wear The Phoenix on their uniforms. Page 26 also talks about how The Phoenix can be a symbol for a job as a firefighter because it says “Only the man with the captain’s hat and sign of the phoenix on his hat” This can mean job as a firefighter or higher role as a firefighter because the hat has a Phoenix on it and it says that only the captain’s hat has a Phoenix on it. Finally The Phoenix can mean fire. Page 163 says “Granger looked into the fire. Phoenix” This states as Granger looked into the fire he saw The Phoenix meaning that The Phoenix equals fire. A Phoenix in real life means fire also. The Phoenix or Firebird in greek mythology is a long-lived bird associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. According to some sources, The Phoenix dies in a show of flames. These meanings can help symbolize The Phoenix in Fahrenheit
After meeting the exiles, the war has begun, and a bomb was dropped in the city, killing everyone. Before they begin they’re adventure back towards the city, Granger decides to start a fire and cook some beacon. While eating, Granger mentions the Phoenix, and explains how society is related to the Phoenix; “He must have been the first cousin to man. But every time he burnt himself up he sprung out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again. And it looks like we’re doing the same thing over and over.”
At the beginning of the chapter, Cephalus invites Socrates to his home for philosophic discussion. Although it is the first scene, Cephalus appears only in this scene and does not reappear in the dialogue. To understand why he departs the scene so early, first we must focus on the purpose of philosophy.
Phoenix remembers that there was always something up the hill that would get a hold of her so as she is going up the hill she caught by thorn bush and she speaks to the bush saying ‘Thorns, you doing your appointed work. Never want to let folks pass…’ and by that she is saying that a thorns job is to keep people from crossing where they are and it was doing just as it was meant to do. She did not want for the dress to be torn because that was probably the only dress she had and she probably didn’t have money to buy another so she finally untangles her dress and kept going over the hill once done s... ... middle of paper ...
"It is known to be a mythical multi-colored bird of Arabia, with a long history of artistic and literary symbolism, the Phoenix is one of a kind. At the end of its five-hundred-year existence, it perches on its nest of spices and sings until sunlight ignites the masses. After the body is consumed in flames, a worm emerges and develops into the next Phoenix.
Phoenix Jackson survives the great depression, which tells us that she is an older woman who is very wise, and maybe a little scattered. In the beginning of the story, Phoenix is on a journey, she walks slowly in the dark pine shadows through the pinewoods. The author introduces Phoenix, as an old black woman and the author writes, “Far out in the country there was an old Negro woman with her head tied in a red rag, coming along the path through the pinewoods” (183). The reason why she is taking such a long trip into town is because her grandson is very sick, and she needs to get medication for his throat.
There are various examples that shows how brave, unselfish, and senile Phoenix Jackson was throughout the story. From morning into the evening, she traveled to town for her grandson. She overcame every obstacle and made it to her destination after a tedious trip. She was a courageous, selfless, and witty old
It’s December when Phoenix starts on her journey to Natchez and it is a journey she has taken many times before. This journey is no journey an elderly and weaken person should have to make by themselves, yet Phoenix does. She does not allow her age or her condition to keep her from it. Deep through the pines, the path takes her, and her first task would be to make it over a hill that seems to take all her energy and strength. “Seems like there is chains around my feet, time I get this far…” (Welty 5), here the reader can tell Phoenix does not have the strength that she really needs to make it up the hill. Yet somewhere she finds the will to keep pushing on and moving forward. This same type of spirit that allows Phoenix to keep pushing forward in society, and not to back down. Showing the younger generation that you have to fight your way through to a brighter day. It is later down the path that Phoenix comes to a creek and the only way to get across, is by walking on a log. Phoenix walks across this log with her eyes close. Once across she opens her eyes and says, “I wasn’t as old as I ...
most critics have noted, Phoenix Jackson’s first name links her to the Egyptian myth of the bird that renews itself periodically from its own ashes”(Bartel 45). In addition, like her name, Phoenix seems ageless. When she stops to drink water from the spring she says, “Nobody know who made this well, for it was here when I was born”(Welty 391). When she encounters the hunter and he asks her how old she is she says, “There is no telling, mister, “said, “no telling” (Welty 392). Again her age is emphasized when she goes to the doctor’s office and the nurse ask her why she never went to school. “I never did go to school, I was too old at the Surrender” (Welty 394).
Cerberus had his whole back covered in snakes and a dragon tail. Both of these are snake-like parts that contribute to Cerberus looking terrifying. His tail is from a dragon which is very similar to a snake and his back is filled with snake-like fur. The Hydra of Lerna is also an important creature, having 9 snake-like heads and the middle head being immortal.... ...
Although I feel as though there are many literary elements throughout this short story such as characterization and theme, I also feel as though symbolism is very important as well. First of all, I believe that the name Phoenix in itself is symbolic for the type of person the old woman truly is. A Phoenix is a mythological creature who dies in fire and rises from ashes only to be stronger. It is as though all of these hardships only make the old woman more determined to complete her journey successfully.
Her trip is full of obstacles, from bushes of thorns that get caught in her dress, to her crossing of a creek. These elements complicate the conflict and increase the readers' curiosity about the plot. Phoenix can't trust her eyes, choosing instead to walk along with her eyes closed and sense her way with the help of her cane. While needed rest forces her to stop for a while, she has a vision of a little boy handing her a slice of marble cake. So many questions arise in the minds of the readers. Who was the little boy? Is she halluci...
Phoenix Jackson in Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" has been compared to the mythological phoenix because of her birdlike qualities, and it's also been noticed that Phoenix possesses many of the same characteristics as Christ. But, what hasn't been addressed is the fact that Eudora Welty didn't just leave the symbolism to Christ alone. Welty also included many biblical allusions as well. Phoenix Jackson is not only symbolic of the mythological bird that rose from the ashes of its own demise or simply a Christ figure comparable to the Son of God, but she is also a biblical hero facing temptation and trials along her journey and succeeds unharmed and steadfast in her faith.
Although not much is truly known regarding the upbringing of Phoenix, alienation due to her social class lies blatantly. Starting at a young age, poverty has always existed in Phoenix’s life, as Phoenix mentions, “I’m an old woman without an education.” By providing a time frame for the life of Phoenix, as Phoenix is clearly depicted as living at the time of “the Surrender” during the Civil War, Welty plainly reveals to readers the poorness of Phoenix’s childhood due to the absence of an education. Not to mention the fact that Phoenix is African American and poor in an era of American society when racial tensions were obtrusive and money was power.